My Deepest Desire is the final work of Tamiki Hara, a revered Japanese writer who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. This powerful book of prose poetry and art is a short yet grippingly moving meditation on the desire to live a different, fuller life, free from pain, isolation, and the intrusively haunting experience of tragedy, it is a demonstration of how dreams, memories, and traumatic despair intertwine inside a person’s psyche.

Sandy Walker, the book's artist will be in DC for the opening of an exhibit of his work and has agreed to join IPS, New Village Press, and Busboys and Poets for special talk and book signing. Sandy will be in conversation with IPS' Phyllis Bennis along with Peter Kuznick, director of American University's Nuclear Studies Institute and respected opponent of nuclear arms.